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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Researchers found it was theoretically possible to insert "back doors" into software code that would allow hackers -- or insiders -- to change future voters' choices and determine the outcome.
My first experience with e-vote and CNN insiders showed me in one second all the "benefits" :
1998 - CNN poll - should NATO attack Yugoslavia ?
After the poll was displaying ca. 80 NO -20 Yes for hours, one minute later it started displaying 49-51 ...
The software was obviously not yet designed for progressive fraud, so they still had to use a real-time fix ...
12 posted on 10/06/2003 4:17:05 AM PDT by Truth666
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To: Truth666
These things have wireless access. According to hackers (who found the program on company servers) the vote can be remotely accessed and changed without ever leaving a log that shows the machine has been accessed. You'll never know who won an election with these things.
18 posted on 10/06/2003 5:01:41 AM PDT by steve50 (Principles are useless if applied selectively)
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